Chad Pravlik, Realtor® Selling Pinellas 2 Pasco · LPT Realty Pinellas to Pasco — professional, personal, putting you first, start to finish. (724) 448-8631 · chad@sellingpinellas2pasco.com · sellingpinellas2pasco.com

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Inherited Florida Home Helper

If you’ve inherited a home in Florida, I’m sorry for your loss. When you’re ready, five gentle questions will lay out where things stand — the paperwork, the property’s needs while you decide, and your options — at whatever pace fits your family.

No rush, and no sales pitch. This is educational information to help you get oriented. Legal questions belong with a Florida estate attorney, and tax questions with a CPA — this guide simply helps you know what to ask, and how to care for the house in the meantime.

How this works

Answer five short questions — where things stand, where you are, what the home is like right now, what you’re leaning toward, and what worries you most. Your Helper guide is then built around your answers, with the section for your biggest concern placed first.

It takes about two minutes. You can go back and change any answer.

Question 1 of 5Paperwork

Where are things right now?

There’s no wrong answer here — “not sure” is a perfectly good place to start.

Very recent — still settling affairsThe loss is fresh and most paperwork hasn’t started yet. In probate nowAn attorney or the court process is already underway. Probate done — the home is in my nameThe legal transfer is complete and decisions are now yours to make. Not sure how it worksYou’re not certain what stage things are at — that’s common.

Please choose the closest answer to continue.

Question 2 of 5Distance

Where are you, compared to the home?

Distance changes the practical plan — not your options. Everything can be handled either way.

I live nearbyYou can stop by the home when needed. Elsewhere in FloridaA drive away — close enough for planned trips, not quick check-ins. Out of stateYou’ll be handling most of this from a distance.

Please choose the closest answer to continue.

Question 3 of 5The home today

The home right now is…

This shapes the “protect the home” checklist in your guide — insurance and upkeep differ a lot by occupancy.

EmptyNo one is living there at the moment. A family member is living thereSomeone in the family is in the home for now. A tenant is in placeThe home is rented, or someone is living there under an arrangement. Not sure of its conditionYou haven’t seen it recently, or don’t know its current state.

Please choose the closest answer to continue.

Question 4 of 5Your leaning

What are you leaning toward?

A leaning is not a commitment. Your guide will cover your leaning in depth — and you can change your mind at any point.

Sell itWhen the time is right, selling feels like the path. Keep it in the familyYou or a family member may live in it or hold onto it. Rent it outKeep the home and have it produce income. Honestly undecidedYou need the full picture before leaning anywhere.

Please choose the closest answer to continue.

Question 5 of 5Biggest concern

Your biggest concern?

Your guide will open with this section first, so the thing weighing on you gets answered right away.

The paperworkProbate, titles, and what has to happen legally. Family agreementGetting everyone on the same page, kindly and fairly. Costs while we decideInsurance, taxes, utilities, and upkeep in the meantime. TaxesWhat inheriting — and possibly selling — means at tax time. The home’s conditionWhat shape it’s in, and what it may need.

Please choose the closest answer to continue.

Almost thereYour guide is ready

Where should we send your Helper guide?

Your personalized guide unlocks on the next screen. Share your details below and it’s yours to read and keep — take all the time you need with it.

First Name Please enter your first name.

Last Name Please enter your last name.

Email Please enter a valid email address.

Phone Please enter your phone number.

No pressure follows this — just your guide, and a gentle follow-up from Chad if you’d like help with the property side.

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Your personalized guide

Your Helper guide, friend

When you’re ready — only then

Want a steady hand for the property side?

The legal side belongs to your attorney. The property side — checking on the home, honest value guidance, coordinating cleanout or sale when you’re ready — that’s what I do, at your family’s pace. No rush from me, ever.

Chad works as a Single Agent with full fiduciary duty — loyalty, obedience, full confidentiality, full disclosure, and accounting for one side only: yours. Before real estate, and again during a break from it, he was a superintendent on a major luxury hotel renovation at The Vinoy in St. Petersburg after the 2024 hurricanes — first-hand construction knowledge that helps when you’re judging what an inherited home truly needs, and what it doesn’t.

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— Chad Pravlik, Realtor® · Selling Pinellas 2 Pasco

Chad Pravlik, Realtor®

Chad Pravlik, Realtor®Selling Pinellas 2 Pasco · LPT Realty · Tarpon Springs, FLPinellas to Pasco — professional, personal, putting you first, start to finish.